The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-15
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

| Carpets may be frightened by dust
ing with damp flannel mop.
Stains on wood can be removed with
strong vinegar or salts OF lemon.
Lea her chair seats may be revived
by rubb ng them with well beaten white
OF egg.
The Juice of tomato Is said to be ex-
cellent for removing ink, wine and
fruit stains.
Soft soap should be kept in dry
place the cellar, and not used until
three months old.
Sand paper VIII whiten ivory knife
handles that may have become yellow
with use or age.
White paint that has become dis
colored may be nicely cleaned by using
little whiting in the water for wash
ing.
A brilliant black varnish for iron
stoves and lireplaces is made by stir
ring ivory black into ordinary shellac
varnish.
Strong brine may be used to advant-
age in washing bedsteads. Hot alum
water is also recommended for this
purpose.
Peaches cut up, left o few hours in
sugar and scalded, and added when
cold 10 thick boiled custard, made rath-
er sweet, are delicious dessert.
A good cement for china is ordinary
carriage varnish; if put together neat
ly the fracture will be hardly precepti-
BILE, and it is not affected by water.
Galvanized iron pals are not desira.
bic receptacles for drinking water.
The zinc coating is quickly affected by
the water, forming a poisonous oxide
Of zinc.
Egg Fritters--Eight eggs beaten light,
one cup of milk, eight tablespoonfuls
OF flour. mix thoroughly, adding a lit
tie salt and cook in boiling fat like
doughnuts.
Custard-Four eggs well beaten, and
two tablespoonfuls of sugar; n teaspoon
full of salt to each quart of milk. Flav-
or, and add more sugar if desired to be
very sweet.
Berry Dumpling-One quart of berries
two cups of flour, one egg beaten very
light. little salt, and milk enough to
wet it up well. Ponr into buttered
Dish and boil two hours.
Carpets should be thoroughly beaten
on the wrong side first and then on
the right side, so as to leave it fresh.
Spots may be removed by the use of OK
gall or ammonia and water.
window open slight distance
both top and bottom, and chimney
draught also open. are the only sure
ways of keeping pure air in sleeping
room whose doors are closed.
TO prevent polished steel from rust
ing, after cleaning, and when not in
use. take n CLOTH W tn very little
sweet oil on it, and wipe the articles
over so rs to slightly but evenly oil the
surface.
A plate of finely perforated zinc
foot square, hung five inches above q
gas burner, is found to remove most
of the sulphurous acid, SO injur Gus to
persons, plants and books. 1t is worth
trying.
Steel knives which are not in general
use may be kept from rusting if they
are dipped IN strong solution OF soda
--one part water to four of soda; then
wipe dry, roll in flannel and keep in
dry place.
Puff Pudding-One quart of boiling
milk, nine tablespoonfuls of flour;
when cold add little salt and four well
beaten eggs Bake in Il buttered dish,
and serve with lemon juice thlckened
to paste with brown sugar.
To take midew from linen mix soft
soap with starch, powdered, half the
quantity of salt and piece of lemon.
and lay il on both sides with paint
brush; let il be in the open air-on
grass is preferable-tll the stain is re-
moved.
Sauce for Puddng-Rub together
a piece of butter rs large as an egg
and a teacupful of moist or fine sugar.
Beat one egg. the yolk and white sepa-
rately, until rs light as possible; stir
this evenly into the butter and sugar.
Add spice, ii liked.
Stewed SteaE-Take q pound and
half of sliced stcwing steak, dust the
slices in little flour and little pep
per aud salt; then roll them up and
brown in the frying pan; then put in
stew pan with few onions; simmer
for two hours and thicken the gravy
with little flour.
The following will give satisfaction
for cleaning CLOTH Take half an ounce
each OF glycerine, alcohol and sulphur
ic ether, two ounces of acqua ammonia.
half an ounce Of powdered CASTLE soap.
and add water enough to make one
quart of the mixture. Use with brush